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The Masters and the Slaves
work by Freyre
Also known as: “Casa-grande e senzala”
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Brazilian literature
- In Brazilian literature: Modernismo and regionalism
The Masters and the Slaves). This sociological study characterized miscegenation and the Portuguese racial practice of commingling with black slaves for the first time in a positive frame; it categorized them luso-tropicalismo, a concept later criticized as contributing to the myth of racial democracy. In…
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- In Gilberto Freyre
The Masters and the Slaves), an account of the relationship between Brazil’s Portuguese colonizers and their African slaves. His other works include Sobrados e mucambos (1936; “The Rich and the Servants”; Eng. trans. The Mansions and the Shanties), Brazil: An Interpretation (1945; rev. and enlarged…
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